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THE TKUl H 1*^" A MJT-SHELL.” Tiio following sentiment—pregnant with mean- r__was recently sent t y Senator Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, to a Democratic public dinner in that State: “/jV Hon, James Buchanan:—Rigid economy gnd strict accountability on our State Improvements; ;^rcligious observance of the public faith to the pub- jic creditors; no increase of the public debt, whether State or National ^ and a speedy resumption ot spe cie payments by the banks. If these objects be not accomplished by the Democratic party, our late glo rious vii'tory will be but the prelude ol an inglorious de!'’at.” Yos, there is a heavy responsibility resting upon ,he Democratic Legislatures to carry out, faithfully and to the letter, their pledges to reform the bad le gislation of our opponents and the corruptions growing out of it. They stand pledged to give the country a sound circulating medium, by compelling the Banks to resume specie payments, or, if they refuse to do so, to tijke away their charters. Let the worshippers of monopolies and the advocates ol '.'xciusive privileges to the rich, cry out for the in violability of vested rights;’ and the sacrednessof the credit system —these catch-phrases, as used by the Federalists and Bank advocates, are now un derstood by the people as only a veil to cover fraud and roguery, and should, therefore,—icill, frighten no true Democrat from a rigid discharge of his duty. Thev are pledged, foe, to cuib the wild spirit of e\travagcinco,;which has involved, and, under,Whig i,;l- is still involving the States in a sea of debt ,ui-i b:\nkr-iptcy, by borrowing money to build up iiaiiks, nnJ construct usckss rail-roads, and other works of internal iniprovement, which will never pay the cost of construction. Tliey stand pltdg-.d to devise t'le best possible r.irans for speedily paying olf the enormous load of lebts ht:apeJ upon most of the States by Whig ex- ,-,v;)'rance:—to practice economy and submit to a accountability to their constituents. \he redemption of these pledges will be as glo rious as the responsibility is weighty; it will hide.-d render our late victories peimant.nt and of la-iin^ benefit to the country- AnH \\c consider it trie du- ?v of the Demccraiic press everywhere to keep cur liends constantly adrnonished of tlieir duty, and to : Mure not the man who falters in Its discliarge. 03=* Tiic attention tne reader wiii be arrested by the extracts wc publish to Jay from tlic Speech of Senator Woodbury, delivered at Fanieul Hall, Boston, in October last. We have rarely perused a more powerful and eloquent vindication of Demo cratic doctrines, or a severer castigation of the Fe deralists, their broken promises and wicked acts, than this eflbrt of the New-Hampshire Senator. Its fervid animation shows too, that the orator\s zeal for, and aitachment to Democratic principles are fresh and ardent as in youth, and abiding as the granite hills ot his native State. Long may he live to do battle in so noble a cause. The Mails.—Since the publication of our last week’s paper, wc have received the following note from the Postmaster at Yorkville. We publish it as an act of justice to Mr. Melton, and will add, that while we are prompt to retract any thing like cen sure on the olKcial conduct of Mr. M., as conveyed in our remarks of last w'eek, though our object real ly was merely to call attention of Postmasters to the subject generally, there must be negligence or want of knowledjje of their duties on the pari ot Post masters somewhere south of this. For the mail that brought us this letter, also brought Milledgev'iile pa pers that had been fourteen days on the road. PosT-OmcE, Yorkville, S. C., Nov. 17, IS 11. Sir : I observe in your paper of yesterday a short article complaining of the delay of your *• Exchan- gey,” and attributing the cause, in part, to negli THE elections. ‘‘.THE CRY IS, STILL THEY COME ! » IMichigan has followed the lead of New'-York,- and other States, in their renunciation of Federal ism. Democracy has swept the State like a new broom. Massachusetts, too, has been almost re deemed. The “ green spots" for Whigery to rest its weeping eves upon are becoming “ few and far between ” For particulars, see e.vtracts below from the Globe: Mx\SSx\CHUSETTS ELECTION. The Boston Post says; Davis is elected by 1,500 or 2,000 majority. His majority last year was near 16,000, and Harrison’s majority was near 21,- 000 ! There has, therefore, been a Whig loss since last November, of 19,000 votes 1 The Democrats have made large gains in both branches of the Legislature. They have clected their Senatorial candidates in Middlesex, Bristol, Berkshire, and Hampden counties, and in Ply mouth county there is no choice. In Norfolk coun ty, Appleton Howe (who w’as on both the W'hig and Abolition tickets) is the only Senator chosen. The VVHiigs have, elected their candidates in Suffolk, Essex, Worcester, Hampshire, Franklin, Barnsta ble, and Dukes and Nantucket. The Senate, after all vacancies are filled, will probably be composed of thirteen Democrats and twenty-seven Whigs; Whig majority, fourteen. In the last Senate the Whig majority was 27 ! There will be a strong Whig majority in the House, although the Demo- 'The Census.'—The editor of the Cincinnati Chronicle has been examining the six returns of the census, taken at intervals of ten years each since the adoption of the Constitution, The inves- tipatrons show some curious facts: 1. The population of the United States increases exactly thirty-four per cent, each ten years, and doubles every tw'enty-four years. The law is so uniform and permanent, that when applied to the population of 1790, and brought down to the pre sent time, it produces nearly the very result as shown by the census of 1840, And thus we may tell with great accuracy what will be the census of 1850, It w’ill be nearly twenty-three millions. 2. But although this is the aggregate result, it is by no meaiis true of cach particular part of the country, for New England increases at the rate ot fifteen "per cent, each ten years, while the North- w’estern States increase one hundred per cent, in that period. 3. The slave population increased at thirty per cent, but since at less than twenty-five per cent.— The free population have, how^ever, mcreased at the rate of thirty-six per cent. At this rate, there fore, the diflerence between the free and slave pop ulation is constantly increasing, •1. Another fact is, that the colored population in crease just in proportion to the distance South; and that slavery is certainly and rapidly decreasing in the States bordering: on the free States. genco iu my oilice, To this I would beg leave to liave trained many members in that branch.—! rior (^ourt before Judge Nash. A1 reply, tliat I attend to my oihce in person, and am al- ^ ^ when we get returns from all the m» nt's consultation, the jury brought wavs carelul to i)ut noihiii^ under the t»ras«-lock - ■ ,i i i . i- . r i -7 it • it . u that should eiilicr stop or turn otf the line this side h'C shall publish a complete list of the mem- gi,>Uy; and the miserable wrttch w, that should either stop or turn otf the line this side of Greensboro’. 1 but sedom see a newspaper, of any description, passing through this otHce from Georgia to any part of North Carolina, 1 m’csume they pass through Augusta, Charleston, Wilmington. &c, 1 k iew” it as a Utile ungenerous in you, tiius pub licly to accuse me of mal-conduci in otHco, witlioui lirst ascertaining whether 1 am guihy or not. Yours, very respectiully, S. MELTON, P, M. J. W. Hampton. Charlotte N. C. bers chosen. We think it useless to occupy oar columns with an imperfect list. The result of this election is in the high"st degree encouraging to the Democratic party. It proves that they are rapidly acquiring strength throughout tlie Slate, and that, at a day not very remote, Mas- | ment.—llaltigh Star. sachus*;tts will be added to the list of Demccr::iic ' States Convictlovo for Bigawy.—Edward Boling alias Sidney T, Smith, cliarged with the crime of Biga my, liad his trial last ueek, at Rickingham Supe- After a few mo- t in a verdict ol’ as sentenced to be branded with the letter E on his left cheek, (which was carriod into eX'. cution in. presence of the Court;) to be imprisoDod in the jail of Guilford three years; and to receive thirty-nine hshes at tliree several times bt^?'0 the expii'aliju of his term of iinprison- lanche of I'nridelity—put in motion about tlw period of-the Drs, maturity, by Montesquie, Voltaire, De- derot, D’Alembert, BuiFon, and Rousaeau, thresrtcn- ed to extinguish the best hopes of man—and to de luge our sin ruined world with a cold and cheerlesj scepticism. The infection of this poison may havo temporarily obliterated the lessons of his youth, or weakened their influence upon his principles; it wag never able however, to seduce him from thepatlis of virtue—his purity, his probity, his honor, remained unscathed by the lightning of the French Philoso phy. It may have diverted tor a time his attention from spiritual things, but w’hen ambition became chastened by age—in the maturity of his intellect— and at a period of life the most favorable for a calm and deliberate examination of the great truths of the Christian’s Bible and t'ae Christian’s faith, and the Christian’s hope, he believed that Bible—he exer cised that faith—he was animated by that hope. He became a worshipper of the God of his Fathers —connected himself with the Presbyterian Church, and continued through lile, until the infirmities of old age prevented, to be active in the promotion of its interest—m alleviating human sufferings and ameliorating the condition of maiT. “ Friend alter friend departs— Who has not lost a i'riend ? There is no union here 9f iiearts. Which finds not here au end. AVere this trail world our only rcbt Living or dying, nono were blest. Beyond the flight of lime, Bej'ond the. vaie of death, There surely is some blessed riiine Where life is not ri breath, Nor life’s aii'ectiems truuf^if'.nt fire Whose sparks tiy upward to expire. Wo go where they are gone. No human power can savp ; IJfe.'s fleeting race is quickly ran. It’s goal is iu the grave. And hence the still tongiK'd dead d('rlarc Ye hving men pre})are, prepare 1’ Knox County, Nov, S, ISll, Kxtr »«'t from a Icltcr to th»j Editor of the Wai^hin^toii Globe, dnr.d Dr.TitoiT, Michigan, Nov. 7, 1811 vvliidi oar political ai.poncnis cast abcna to linJ ox-1 ' of the MfThc I ”“'>y '‘i"* It is really amusing to w'itness the industry with Mr. Chiv—The Philadelphia United Slates Gazette of Saturday has the ff>llowing para graph ; W the w heard it stated yesterday, by one wlio is in vay of obtaining ififormation, that the Hon. FAYETTEVILLE. NO\ KMBEll IT cl3“=* Our thanks arc due to the J^iitors ot the for complete sets of the Congressicvnal Globe and Appendix, for the late Extra Congress, Their contents are invaluable as a political book of refer ence. AVe would also call attention to the Prospectus on our fourth page for a continuance of these w'orks. Their very low price places it within the reach of very freeman to supply himself with an accurate and detailed compilation ot the proceedings of Con gress, and the speeches of members oi all parties. We hope every Democrat, at least, w’ill extend a hi Iping hand to the enterpri.sing publishers, wdien they arc sure to g'-t fully their money's worth. Brandy, pearh, 35 a 40 | Do. apple. Bdcvn, Beesu'a.Vj flutter, Bale Rope. CnO^ee, Cotlo,;. quarrelling and fghting of our party in Congress,” insure to the Democracy the election of tlieir Go- exclainis a fourth; and the Abolitionists attribute I v’ernor. and Lieutenant Governor by a majority of their defeats in the Northern States to the lailure of! at least six thousand votes, and the election of every FKd:ral OJl'crs interfcrlag i:i Elections.—Rea- d.-n*. you recolltct the pompous circular issued by Daniel Webster, soon after he was appointed Sec retary of State, forbidding the interference of fede ral ofikcrs in elections, under pain of expulsion from office. Well, would you believe that this ve ry same Dcinn'.l ^Vcbster lett his post at AV ashing- ton and went on to Massachusetts three weeks be fore the late election, and staid till it was over, clec- ’ioneering niglit and day for his party friends ?— Vet. such is the fact, says the Boston Post, And it is lurther slated that the Federalists w'ould have lost the election of their candidate for Governor, if Air. Webster had not been among them to stir up their slumbering energies. ? “an Mr. Tyler suffer aiich a canting hypocrite to remain in his Cabinet? Whig leaders to redeem their promise.^ to aid them in iminediateiy freeing the negroes. Tliey all man age, however, to screw out the consoling exclama tions, that the Democratic victories all amount to but little—only the loss to Federalism of a few pet ty State Legislature.s, &c., leaving their party as strong as ever. We like to see them bear misfor tune so philosophically; and the only similar exam ple of cool composure under the certainly of imme diate annihilation of which we ever heard or read, i? the story of a chap in time of the flood, who, at'- ter thumping away at the door of Noah’s ark, beg ging piteously to be taken in, and being told there was no ailmission for sinners like him, turned off on tip-toe, with the water up to hi.s chin, exclaiming, •'Who cares',—Go to the d—I with your old ark !— I don't believe there's going to be such a thundering big shower, after all 1 The Federalists opposed the Sub-Treasury on the ground that the Collectors and other officers would steal the public money;—they were therelbre tor depo.siting it in Banks, for safe keeping. Now, let it be borne in mind, that the people of the United States, in one year, by bank robberies, the breaking of Banks, &c., have lost forty-tin) millions tiro hun- drtd and sixty four thousand dollars ! wliile never a sixpence was lost by the Sub-Treasurers. Died, In Lamar, Missp., Maj. in. M. Bnstwlck. former ly of this County, aged 46 years ami S months. In duincy, Florida, on the 25th ult., Robert //. M. J)avi(L^on, formerly of this County. In Cabarrus county, on the 12th instant, Mr, Joh)i Blarlcicclder, a quiet, orderly and worthy citizen. Near the Catawba Springs, Lincoln county, on the llth inst.j Mr. Benjamin Proctor, aged about 50 new' momber of the Senate, as well as of every member of the House, except porhaps one. In no Slate of the Union, comparing results with popula tion, has the victory been so complete as in the State of Michigan Your friends Norvell and Crary have been elected to the House; and the Senate will be composed of thirteen Democrats and five Whigs; the House of about forty-nine Democrats | ^ _ “"'Brnk lusplnsions, bank frauds, violated Whig 1 necoUitionary Ue.ro Gone: promises, and the infamous proceedings of the ex- | , at his residence in this County, on the 25th tra session of Congress, have efiected this tremend- | Hugh Rodgerg, in the b^nd year ot his age, , . . * rr«i II He was a soldier m the revolutionary war, in which ous revolution here. The delegaio , hie faithfully served his country in her struggle for from Michigan, upon their return horne, raised their independence. He also early enlisted as a soldier of the cross. He w’as strong in the faith of Christ from w’hich he derived great consolation in his long protracted atfection, w’hich he bore with all patience and resignation. lie was of the ('alvinistic order; in this faith through lite he served God wdth accep tance, and in death he had the support of the Al- r 1 • ct * • .1 • ■ . I mii»-htv'. He lel't his a^jed companion and several mteresls of thc.r own State, in Utid.ng heir sanction j ,hcir7oss-buf that lo.s, we hope, to the unconstitutional and nefarious distribution of is oraiu. The struggles and sulferings of life are ('nttan Yany. 30 a 7 -i a 8 27 a 28 12* a 15 8 a 10 10 rt 13 8a SA 16 a 2Q CoHon 20 a 25 C'orn, 43 a 50 C^pppras, o j a 4 Candh^. a 17 Flour, $ 5 a O j- FeatiicrR. 35 a. 40 Fla.vseed, $110c.SU Hides, g'- eeu, 4 a 5 Do. dry. 12 A a 14 Iron, 5 a 5.> Lard. 7 a 8 21 ii 30 30 a 70 a 75 G.’> a 0:| a Li nit'. t head, bar. ~ a 3 Mtickrn I. none a yiola.-ises. Oattf, Oil, liw'eed, Naila. cht. Pamler, Ices', Rags, a !Sugar. hj'own, S\ a 11 Do. lump, 16 a I Do. lonf, IS a 20 ! Saif, bu.'ihel, 60 a 75 I Do. pack, a 24- 7\iuow, 10 all Tin.. bcT, $13 (/ 13^- 'Jhbay'co, leaf 3 a 5 Wheat. SI a 110 Whiskey, Wool, 30 a 35 15 a i0 4-4 iSheeting, Fayetteville Man'iifaciure. 8 cts. p7\ yd. 3-4 do ^ do do 6 (to 30 inch do. (heavy.) do 8 do Tlie comments of the newspaper press upon the bonibaslio letter of Gen. Scott, published in our last, arc various, and not unamusing. The Demo- ^'ratic papers give the arrant Federalist no quarters; the neutral papers ridicule him as a weak, vain ass kioking the "dead lion'’ of Whigery, (Mr. Clay), v*hiio the coon-skin oracles ackivjwdedge him to bo a ••true Whig, ' yet touch him as with a ten-foot pi.''‘, ’ not being just certain whether he will or w’lll 11'-t be the most arailahU candidate for their party in 1811. The able Editor of the Farmers^ Regis- t‘ir, (of course neutral in politic.^.) thus touches off hi.'^ CiencraUhip; ”Gen Winfield Scott has announced to the pub lic, (through a quasi private, but lithographed, cir cular letter.) together with an exposition of his po- liiirn.l opinions and principles, his reaily consent to ■vccf;pt the oilice of Presiiient ot the United States. Thisi annunciation purports to have been called fort h by many private letters, none of which are given. It i.'5 now ill all the newspapers. If, indeed, Major General Scott's ability to fill the exalted station were al all comparable to his ardor in seeking the promotion, it would be a dangerous and awful con juncture, when the actual and acting commander in chief of the armies of the United States, is also in the field as an avowed, bold, and busy candidate for the Presidency. But as General Scott is, this re markable and singular movement is rather an illus tration of the old fable of the ass kicking at the dy ing lion. If the opinions of Gen. Scott arc indeed worth any thing, (which we do not mean to assert,) this movement would clearly indicate the belief, that the lion Clay is politically dying—and that his claims to the succession no longer require respect or forbearance from the smaller aspirants of his own party.” The President returned to Washington from his visit to Virginia on the llth instant. See his let ter in another column, copied from the Madisonian. There’s but little comfort in it for poor forlorn Whigery. The Raleigh Ilegister says, it is runijrcd that a rupture has occurred between Messrs. Wise, Mallo ry, and Gilmer, of Virginia:—"that Messrs, Wise and Mallory will try and creep back to the Whig rank.s. leaving Mr. Gilmer to shift as he can,'’ Pro bably ilie wish is father to the rumor, Mr. Register; if would be didicult now-a-days to find such a thing as AVhig ranks” to "creep*’ intii. feeble voices in electioneering speeches to sustain the Whig cause; but they were not heard, except to be despised for their sycophancy to Henry Clay, their votes for fiscal corporations too contemptible even to be approved by their frioiids, their support of loans and new taxes, and their treachery to the i the proceeds of the public lands among the States. They all show'ed their unqualified hostility to Pre sident Tyler on the occasions on which they at tempted to speak; and their object is to head him” in Michigan, as he is to be headed ” by the Clay | and Bank partisans in other States. If the Democratic Legisbtures of the several States iu which we have triumphed prove true to their principles, coerce the banks into the immedi ate resumption of specie payments, and act in other respects with judgment and discretion, the Demo cracy of the country cannot fail to effect a perma nent restoration of the public power to their hands, riiey must use this power for the w’citare of the people, or they will not deserve to ho]d it. The Hon. Linn Banks, a member of Congress from Virginia, has resigned his seat, his right to which \yas contested by Wm. Smith, They pro pose settling the matter in a new election before the people, which comes off shortly. — The Governor of Georgia has ordered an elec tion to take place in that State on the 3rd of next Jan uary, for two members in Congress in place of Al- /yrd and Nesbitt, resigned. Te.rian Congress.—The following i> a list of the Senators and Reprcgentativ'es lately elerted to com pose the Congress of Texas. The North Carolina reader will recognize among the names that of the notorious Robert Potter, once a citizen of this State: Senator-'.—James Webb, Wiley Martin. Clark L. Owen, Timothy Pilsbury, James Shaw. CJeorge W. Barnett, Francis Monroe. Jr., W. II. Dangerfield, Extract from aaotlior letter, dattnl New' York, Nov. .5, 18 H Mv* Dkar Sir ; You will see, from the Evening [ State. now over, and Ave hope that he is in possession of that glory and bliss which “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived.”—Com municated. ‘‘ The riglitoous arc taken away from the evil to coinc.’’ Died, in this County, on the 1st instant, Mrs, JMa- ry Pettzm, consort of Mr. Geo. Pettus, and daughter of Benj. Person, in the 25th year of her age. She was an atfectionate wife, a kind mother and mis tress, and an amiable and exemplary Christian, belo ved by the pious of every name, and respected by all W'ho knew her. The poor and needy always tbund in her a iriend. She w'as baptized by Elder J. M. Thomas, and w’as one of the nursing mothers in Israel of Flint Hill Church. Religion was her theme, and the Sanctuary her home on the Sab bath. Mrs. Pettus has left a kind husband and five small children to mourn their loss; but that loss, w^e trust, is her eternal gain. Whilst in health she “ put her CHERAW, NOVEMBER 10. Beef, in wai'kct, 4 a 6 > FloJir. country, ^ Bacon, fn. wag. 9 a 10 j Feathers, 40 a 48 Do retail. 10>] a 115 Hides, green, oa 10 a 20 I Do dnj, 10 a 22 a 25 ; Iron, 5i a 6i 25 a '23 1 Tjard, (scarce), 11 a I'd Butter, Beeswa.r. Baggin", Bale Rope, Coffep, ('ntton. 10 a 1'2'f ■ Jjead. bar. 12A 7 15 I Mol assent, S a 1* i Oats, Cum, (scarce). 50 a OH. currier's. 10 a 35 a 50 30 a 37 75 a CAMDEN, NOVEMBER 17. Beef 51 a 1 ; Cotton, •V i a Bacon, sl a 10 Foaihers. :^o a Butter. IS^ a 25 ' Hour, a eir Beeswa.r, (I 15 1 ^To/ossc'?. 37 ,V a 50 Bagging, •21 a 27 [ Sugar. 9 a 14 Coffee. 15 a 16 ‘ .Salt, fiitch'. $2 a Corn. 45 a 50 ' Wheat, >5’ 1 a COLUMBIA. NOVEMBER IS. James Byrne, Thos. McFairlane, James Gaines, J. : selves. The most surprising of all is our triumph A. Greer, Iv. H. Muse, Robert Potter. I j,i Albany county, (Barnard’s district,) which we '^Representatives.—John Caldwell, John W. Dan- have carried by 500 inaiority. The vote there was \)st of this day, that w'e have completely swept this house in order,” saving, “I shall soon leave this .'tato. Nothino" literally nothing, is left of coon world.” She bore her illness with great christhm skin and hard cider Whigery. We shall have i and calmly said on to 1 i-i I- I 1 1 ur t death “this day I shall die. And without a strug- more tl.an ttvo-th.ds of the popular b ancti o he | Je.sus.-Co«w. Legislature, and, contrary to the expectations ol the | most sanguine, a majority of two in the Senate.— We have carried eight of the ten new Senators elected this year. The result is astounding to our- Representativ cy, William E. Jones, Louis P. Cooke, Williamson Daniels, J. H. Kuykendall, Gustav'us A. Parker, Thomas M. Dennis, Patrick Usher, Thomas Mc Connell, II. M. Forbes, Tod Robinson, Cliarles H. Raymond, Willet Holmes, R. M. Williamson, James A. Head, Jesse Grimes, Archibald Wynns, George T. W'oods, J. B. Jones, Cornelius Van Ness, John D. Morris, William L. IIunt(?r, J. W. Bowers, Alan- son Ferguson, Robert A. Pennel, George Patillo, Willis II. Landrum, Moses F. Robert3, W. M. Hew- ett, Isaac Van Zan-.lt, K. L. Anderson, N. A. Dar nell, Jas. S. Mayfield, J(din Brown, Isaac Parker, A. II. Latimer, William N. Porter, Andw. J. Fow ler, Thomas F. Sniith.” A fire occurred in Petersburg, Va.. on the Sth in stant, destroying Powell’s Hotel, with a great deal of valuable furniture ; the Presbyterian Church, w'ith much of the hangings and decorations; thirty-one horses! belonging to guests of the Hotel, and which could not be got out of the stable ; the kiichen and stable of Dr. Jones, together with a valuable saddle horse; and several other small buildings. The loss is estimated at sixty thousand dollars. The Raleigh Register of the 12th inst., mentions three robberies, one attempt to murder, and another to tire a house, all occurring in that city the prece ding week. Such scenes may be expected in a ci ty where a bold bank robber can strut about in the light of day and go unpunished. The Alabama Legislature assembled on the 1st in.?tant, and organised by electing all Democratic officers—Dr. Moore, of Madison county. President of the Senate, and Major N. Terry, of Limestone, Speaker of the House. In a late public address to a portion of hie consti tuents, the Hon. John Qnincy Adams announced his intention of retiring to private life at the end of the present Congress. His mantle of chief Abolition champion on the floor of Congress, will doubtless rest upon the shoulders of Ex-Postmaster-General Grajigei'. as the next wor?t enemy of the negroes. by 500 majority larger than it was last year. So you must not yield credence to the story, that there have been no chang es, but that the Whigs have lost the State in conse quence of a diminished vote. The Clay Bank par ty here is down, down, forever. Mr. Van Buren never stood so high in this State as he docs at present. The victory has been achieved by that same old Democratic phalanx which, from 1826 to 1838, boasted an unbroken series of victories iu this State. W’e lost some in 1837-8-9 and 1840, but most of these wandering tribes have come back ta their old standrad. The State cannot be wrested from us again. We have gone through a purgation. The Bank and pocket- deep patriots have been driven from us. Their places have been amply supplied by honest young men; and we know that our present ascendency has all the elements of permancncy. Mark what I say. Next fall w'e shall elect thirty out of forty members of Congress, and a Governor, by an overwhelming majority. Will Mr, Clay deem it wise ever again to emerge from Ashland ? Ba urging. Bale Rope^ Bacon, Coffee, Cotton, Corn, Flour, new, Lard, 22a 2 y \2l a 14 7 a 16 12^ a 15 Si- a S|- 4 a 70 5!»7 k a S 1(5 a 12 Mt>la‘ise.^'. 3o a 40 Oats, 40 «. 45 Peaff. 55 a 62^ Salt, sark, a 2^- !Sugar, hnurn, 11 a 18 do loafvj- tp. 15 a 20 /o Ijouisitnm. S a It) Tailow. \2 a II The Presbyterian Synod of Albany have resolv ed that, in its opinion, for a Church member to own stock in a rail-road or steam-boat which runs on the Sabbath, is an offence worthy of expulsion. FRO.M THE KXOXVII.LE (tEXX.) ARGU.S. Died, on the 17th ultimo, at Ab xandriana, the time honored scat of his ancestors, iu Mecklenburg county, N. C., Doctor J. McKnitt Alexander, in the 67th year of his age. Doctor Alexander was an alumnus of Nassau Hall in its palmiest days. He had early develoiJfed indi cations of not only genius and talents, but the high- , er attributes’ of intellect, sound judgment, and pro- ' tbund thinking. One of the usages of the enlighten ed, estimable, and Christian community in wdiich he was reared, was that each family should educate one son and devote him to the service of the church. In accordance with this excellent usage, it was deter mined by his parents that the natural endowments of Joseph should rcceiv’e the culture aud Jfinish of a thorough collegiate education, and the school at Princeton was selected for that purpose. Here eru dition and science matured the germs of usefulness and distinction that had in his boyhood given such high promise of a fruitful harvest. He graduated with eclat and returned to his native home—not as had been fondly hoped by his pious parents, to en gage in the study of divinity and to consecrate him self to the lioly ministry. This, their cherished ex pectation, to their bitter disappointment, was never realised. He studied medicine under a distinguish ed preceptor, and after becoming thoroughly indoc trinated in the “ iEsculapia mysteries,’’ engaged in the practice of physic—from which he acquired not only professional reputation, but wealth and even affluence. The pure duties of humanity, imposed necessarily upon him by his profession, were ever performed with punctuality and cheerfulness, and throughout his long life no citizen had a more envi able cTiaracter for integrity, public spirit, and private virtue. He w*as distinguished for his practical judg ment and plain common sense—a trait the more re markable, as it was accompanied in him "ith the scintillations of genius and the sprightliness of a vig orous imagination. He thought quick yet deep j fiinl Q.ccuriitclV. otlic*s Ibuiid oy & pdins-tti” kin‘>* p.eareh and tedious iny^tigation, he obtained WOULD respectfully intorm the Plibhc, ’hat he has again ret.urued to Chariotte, vvhere he may be found at all time.s, unless (.ailed away pro fessionally. Should any be disappointed in calling, by his being absent from town, such can make their own appointment, by leaving a note iu the Post-Of fice. which appointment .sha!i be attended to punc- tuallj- on his part. He deems all reterenccs as un necessary. having pracliecd in this community about lour years. Cfmrges moderate. Office No. 6, at the Mansion House, Charlotte, Nov. 23, 1S41. 37..,f The New Orleans Bee has later ac counts from Mexico, by an arrival there from Mata- moras. A fatal epidemic prevailed at Matamoray. The British Consul had fallen a victim to ii. After a prolonged struggle, Santa Ana has sue- ! ceeded in overturning the Goveriiment. Bustaincnte, j loek at a subiecfat aU—was to nen- it IS said, IB imprisoned and at the mercy ot the , ^ sect-to handle tval to unravel. He wrote well, yet his productions possess few of the erabeiishments ot art and none of the ornaments of style—though al ways enlivened and brilliant from the flushes of a true and an innate eloquence. Doctor Alexander, though a child of the church and the son of the most exemplary and pious pa rents, had passed the meridian of life before he be came a profes.sor of religion. Does the pride of in tellect -or the glitter of human learning lead us to doubt die trlitU of Diyinp. Ke’'el?.t:on ? Th‘^ ava- State of North Carolina, MECK1>ENBURG COUNTY. Superior Court of huio. FcriH. 1S4J, ion for Divorce. tUfaction of th*5 MARTHA FLENNiKKN > VS. ■ Veui SAMUEL FLENNIKEN, S IN this Clase, it appearing to the sa Court, that the Defendant, SAMUEL FLEN NIKEN, is not an inhabitant of this State:—It is therefore ordered, that publication be made tor three months in the Charlotte Journal and the Mecklen burg Jeffersonian, notifying the said defendant to be and appear at the next Superior Court of Law to be held for the County of Mecklenburg, at the Courthouse in Charlotte, on the Fourth Monday in February next, then and there to plead, answer, or ♦lemur to said Petition, or judgement pro confesso will be entered up against him. and the petition heard exparte. Witness, Jennings B. Kerr, Clerk of ouv said Court, at Office, the Fourth Monday in Augu.^t, A. D,, 1841, and in the 66th year of the Independence of said State. J. B. KERR, C. JNI. S. C. Price adv. ^10. 37,.,::iiu other commanders. A letter from the American Consul at Havana, dat ed October 28, mentions the wreck of the ship John Taylor, of New York^ on the night of the 18th inst., on the south coast of that Island, at Panta del Hol- landes, between Cape Corientes and Cape Antonio. One of the passengers only was lost; the rest are on shore—comprising one hundred and seventy-five steerage passengers, men, women and children, be sides a number of cabin pi^sengers. They were said to be sufTf^ring great privations. Strayeil, FROM the Subscriber, on Monday, the 25th ultimo, a large gray HORSE. He w^as last seen at the plantation of Mr. John Er- wMn near Charlotte, on the Tuckasegc road. Any person taking up said Horse and delivering hnn to Col Alexander in Charlotte, shall be liberally re warded. . JOHN F. HUNTEU. Mecklenburg Co., Nov. 2, 1841. 31,,,f Almanacks! A SUPPLY of Blum’s FARMERS’ fc PLAN TERS’ ALMANACK for 1842, just received and for sale at this Office. This Almanack is cal culated for the meridian of Salem, N. C., and con tains a large fund of' valuable informatiou. November 2, 1841.
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